UFC officials announced the news Tuesday afternoon. UFC on Fuel TV
2 marks the promotion’s first trip to Sweden and airs live on Fuel
TV. Taking place at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, the
event also features a co-headlining middleweight attraction pitting
Brian
Stann against Alessio
Sakara.

Silva was originally scheduled to square off with Igor
Pokrajac at UFC on Fuel TV 3 in May, but that pairing has now
apparently been scrapped. Known for his punching power and
aggression in the cage, Silva has not competed since battering
Brandon
Vera in January 2011. However, following his unanimous decision
victory over “The Truth” last year, Silva’s drug screen was flagged
and the fighter later admitted to using a urine adulterant to
conceal the use of a banned substance. Silva was fined and
suspended for one year, and the result of the bout was changed to a
no-contest.

Just 25 years old, Gustafsson has posted a 5-1 record since joining
the UFC in 2009. The Swede debuted with a first-round knockout of
Jared
Hamman but stumbled in his sophomore effort against Phil Davis.
Since his submission defeat to “Mr. Wonderful” in 2010, the light
heavyweight has rattled off four consecutive wins, besting Cyrille
Diabate, James Te
Huna, Matt Hamill
and, most recently, Vladimir
Matyushenko this past December at UFC 141.